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'Award-winning new crime fiction: '[An] intelligent and compelling thriller that turns the notion of evil inside out' - Canberra times. Matthew Liu sees his parents gunned down on a lonely Sydney backstreet. A young woman, the killer, stares him in the face before fleeing the scene. When the police arrive, all they find is the discarded gun.
'Detective Inspector Paul Harrigan's unit is pitched into a high-profile investigation with little to go on. Who is the young woman? How can she have vanished into thin air? When DC Grace Riordan follows up a connection between one of the victims and a termination clinic, pieces start to fall into place, but Grace is forced to confront some personal demons.
'Harrigan has demons of his own to contend with. Burned badly in the past for refusing to turn a blind eye to police corruption, he suspects that his current team and investigation is being subtly sabotaged. then he discovers that his own son is in email contact with the killer and that the young woman's bloody rampage is far from over. And with a single phone call the killer draws Harrigan and Grace into her trap.'
Source : publisher's blurb
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Dedication: For Ches
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Epigraph: So ye shall not pollute the land wherein ye are: for blood it defileth the land: and the land cannot be cleansed of the blood that is shed therein, but by the blood of him that shed it. : Numbers 35:33
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Other Formats
- Also sound recording.
Works about this Work
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The Worm at the Heart of the Rose
2004-2005
single work
autobiography
— Appears in: Mystery Readers Journal , Winter vol. 20 no. 4 2004-2005; (p. 36-38) -
Australian Crime Fiction
2004-2005
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Mystery Readers Journal , Winter vol. 20 no. 4 2004-2005; (p. 3-5) -
Reviews
2002
single work
review
— Appears in: Crime Factory , November no. 8 2002; (p. 56-57)
— Review of Blood Redemption 2002 single work novel -
New Australian Talent
2002
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Crime Factory , November no. 8 2002; (p. 19-22) -
Evil Turned Inside Out
2002
single work
column
— Appears in: Canberra Sunday Times , 15 September 2002; (p. 18)
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Reviews
2002
single work
review
— Appears in: Crime Factory , November no. 8 2002; (p. 56-57)
— Review of Blood Redemption 2002 single work novel -
Two Taut Tales of the Mean Streets
2002
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 17 August 2002; (p. 16)
— Review of Salt and Blood : A Cliff Hardy Novel 2002 single work novel ; Blood Redemption 2002 single work novel -
Soft Covers
2002
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 24 August 2002; (p. 8)
— Review of Blood Redemption 2002 single work novel -
New Australian Talent
2002
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Crime Factory , November no. 8 2002; (p. 19-22) -
Australian Crime Fiction
2004-2005
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Mystery Readers Journal , Winter vol. 20 no. 4 2004-2005; (p. 3-5) -
The Worm at the Heart of the Rose
2004-2005
single work
autobiography
— Appears in: Mystery Readers Journal , Winter vol. 20 no. 4 2004-2005; (p. 36-38) -
Evil Turned Inside Out
2002
single work
column
— Appears in: Canberra Sunday Times , 15 September 2002; (p. 18)
Awards
- 2003 winner Ned Kelly Awards for Crime Writing — Best First Novel
- 2003 joint winner Davitt Award — Best Adult Crime Novel
- 2002 winner Canberra Critics Circle Awards
- Sydney, New South Wales,